Category: Atlanticville News

  • Obituaries

    Mary Siragusa Caltabilota Mrs. Caltabilota, 98, of West Long Branch, died Jan. 1 at home. Born in Sicily, Italy, she came to the United States when she was 7 years old, and resided in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Long Branch before moving to West Long Branch 11 years ago. Mrs. Caltabilota was a seamstress at Branch…

  • Medieval manuscripts ‘illuminate’ the past

    Private collection includes richly illustrated books dating back to 1270 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Included in “Illumination,” an exhibit of medieval manuscripts at the Monmouth County Historical Association museum in Freehold, are pages from “The Book of Hours,” dating to 1450; the French “Treatise on Canonical Law,”…

  • Notes

    The Greater Long Branch Chamber of Commerce will hold its 71st annual awards dinner March 5 at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa on Ocean Boulevard. This year’s recipient of the Louis G. Libutti Community Service Award is the Levin family, proprietors of the Windmill restaurants. The event will include a silent auction, and the…

  • Negotiations on MTOTSA properties begin

    Appraisals under way; residents hire counsel BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The negotiation process began Saturday for land acquisition of the properties in the Long Branch’s Beachfront North phase II redevelopment zone. The property owners living in the three-street MTOTSA — Marine and Ocean Terraces and Seaview Avenue — neighborhood slated…

  • Architect urges board to choose referendum plan

    Board must choose one of three school building plans by March 1 BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer Board must choose one of three school building plans by March 1 BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer The project architect who has presented three construction referendum options to the Eatontown Board of Education is eager to see…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Ocean Township High School’s Billy Wishart is fouled as he drives to the hoop during the Spartans’ home win over Manalapan on Friday.

  • Two women find their art later in life

    After other careers, artists finally display their talents BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Pat Halsey (l-r) puts together a screen she decorated and Patricia Smith installs her paintings in preparation for a joint exhibit at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center. Halsey’s exhibit of floorcloths, screens and…

  • Greater Women of Central N.J. winners to be honored Feb. 15

    Greater Media Newspapers is hosting its first annual Greater Women of Central New Jersey Feb. 15. For the past two months, nominations have been solicited for women working in the disciplines of business, health care and nonprofit. The nominees are women who have been able to triumph despite the challenges and make a true difference…

  • Antique ‘appraisathon’ at Monmouth Reform Temple

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Fans of the popular PBS “Antiques Roadshow,” and people with valuables they would like to have appraised, will want to attend the Antique & Collectible “Appraisathon” in Tinton Falls. The road show-type event will be held between 1-4 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Monmouth Reform Temple,…